Exam 2: Family and Marriage in India

I.P.Desai made a study of urban families in Mahuwa in Gujarat in

Which of the following comes under the patterns of 'Joking relationship' among the patrilineal Hindu families in North India?

Which of the following state that separate families were held together by the authority and protection of elder male descent?

The form of marriage found among the Hindus is:

In which year was The Prevention of Sati Act introduced

What is the purest form of Hindu Marriage?

"Marriage is a relatively permanent bond between permissible mates". Who said this?

"Marriage is a socially approved way of establishing a family of procreation". Whose definition is this?

The type of marriage in which a girl selects her husband by herself is:

Muslim families were largely joint families based on the principle of

When was The Hindu Marriage Act passed?

Joint family system is on the decline, which of the following is not the main cause for its disintegration?

Which of the following is not an important advantage of a joint family system?

A marriage in which a woman of upper caste marries a man of lower caste is known as:

The joint family does not provide proper opportunities for the members to develop their

According to Iravati Karve, the ancient family in India was joint in terms of

Among the Hindus of India, marriage is a :

Joint family or extended family is the most common and uniform family pattern found in

Which of the following is not true for joint family system?

Which is considered as essential to the origin of the family?